The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

People who dislike common things are
making market for gold handled penlnives.
1t is a craze to have in ones house as many
different kinds Of ornamental lamps as posi-
bic.
An Englishnan of IS recently sued q lady
of 46 for breach Of promise, and the jury
awarded him 227.
There must be about S0,000,0C0 yards of
lace that once ornamented grandmas we'd
ding dress.
Fraudulent advertisements have been the
means of filling Chattanooga, Tenn, full of
idle carpenters.
New Workers are surprised to know that
Chicago ladies sometimes dine at the clubs
which their husbands frequent.
A thankless task is that some good people
are now engaged i'll of endeavoring to recon
cile couples who have an idea it is fashion
able to be divorced.
Nearly ali the men of greath wealth, who
make any pretense of art knowledge, now ad-
nit that they intended to buy Munkacsy's
great painting.
The gold brick swindlers are beginning to
find victims even in the land of gold Two of
them recently did a Los Angeles real estate
! TO be I'D with the times the society woman
must now abandon the spider track penman-
ship and adopt the fine Italian hand which la
dies of long ago delighted in.
A woman suffering from paralysis at the
! Grand hotel, Monte Carlo, and who bad been
for long time unable to move, jumped from
her bed i'll alright when she felt the earth
/ quake shock, and ran down several flights OF
stairs.
A couple of unfriendly dogs had mill in O.
mill at Cuthbert, Ga, and in the course OF the
fight knocked down gun leaning against the
wall, and when it fell it went of and killed
one of the dogs instantly. The survivor was
intensely surprised at his victory.
Some of his neighbors found miser living
in Il wretched hut near Howell, Mich, nearly
dead from lack of proper food. They put
him to bed, cared for him, and then took
some of his boarded dollars and bought him
new clothes and good food.
John Bernard quotes Jefferson to the effect
that Nirabeau was moody without wine
agreeable for an hour or two when drinking
it, and then hilarious to madness, recalling
the image of the sibyl during the TIL oes of
inspiration"
A clerk at the Columbia poStoffice the other
day was saluted by an old fellow outside who
said he wanted to send off a letter. ''All
right" said the genial purveyor of stamps
two cents, please" "rve only got one cent, :"
said the old man; "just put that on and let the
letter go slow"
News received from Afghanistan through
native sources shows that the ameer is
making strenuous efforts to raise a new army.
He has issued q circular to his subjects
telling them to prepare for holy war 1t is
believed that he contenlplate5 war against
Russia.
Mrs. Grundy says there are too many people
IN society of the class who do not hesitate tc
ask to be helped a second time to soup at ever
the most formal dinner parties.
The Arabs claim that Eve was created
twenty-five years before Adam was and thai
Adam was created simply because she wa
lonesome for some one to talk to.
A wealthy merchant in San5Francisco, Cal
has sent a request to an agent in Yokoham;
to engage four gardeners in order to lay on
his garden in japanese style. The term O
service is for two years, the annual salary be
ing $500.
A bear was found with his tongue frozen tt
a monkey wrench near Durfees mill, Mon
tana, oae day recently.